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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omessy7:
Did you "hard" brick it ?

Sent from my mighty Xperia Arc S
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aryseger:
yess, can I fix it again????
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slow--welder59:
check here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=30415128&postcount=1 if you have no luck you may have to do this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1330491&highlight=usb+jigis
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Omessy7:
Maybe... But if I where you, I would sell it's spare parts and buy a new phone... Hard bricks are lost causes (at least for me) though soft ones are cakes...

Sent from my mighty Xperia Arc S
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aryseger:
are you serious??? owh my lovely phone

thanks bro... I will go there
[LG Nitro HD] sengokubattosai:
A couple months ago my expensive Verizon contract ended, so I sprung for a sim card on a $50/month Net10 plan on an LG Nitro HD. I've been quite happy with it so far, but the only issue I've run into is that my phone seems to send duplicate texts over the 2G/GSM network. I keep it on 2G most of the time because of the increase in battery life (works fine for talk and text, and signal penetrates concrete buildings better than 3G/4G). Is there an APN setting that is causing these duplicates? They are annoying to me and I've had several friends tell me that my duplicate texts annoy them too.

Not sure if this is in the right place... Any ideas please??
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Gh0stCode:
Does anyone know where I could order replacement battery contact pins (what is the proper term?) My SGS4G was given to me and the pins were mangled I was able to straighten 2 of them out, but one was so bad that a piece of it broke off when I was trying to fix it. My phone still turns on and hopefully charges. Also with these pins being messed up would that affect the life of the battery? Earlier this morning my phone was at 80% battery level. After playing a few songs and installing a system font with ROMtoolbox, I rebooted my phone and got a warning that my battery was almost dead. Would these contacts cause that? Or is it just my battery (My biggest theory). I would really appreciate any help that can be gven to me on this issue.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lumin30:
Four threads and you became a member on Feb 19. You are on a roll.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Gh0stCode:
Well I was always told to ask questions and learn. But your reply did not reach me anything. El my no phone be okay with a broken battery contact? 2 are good one broken
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Theraze:
Without actually knowing what each contact does, and without being able to interpret "El my no" into working English with a meaning, my guess is that you're asking if your phone will still work with the contact broken. And the answer is... maybe? If it charges, great. It charges. If it turns on, well, it's probably still pulling power.

If it doesn't charge, and switching batteries or using something like a PowerSkin/keeping it on an external battery forever works for you then great... it still works.

You've already said it's turned on. I'm assuming from what you said that it was working while on battery as well, so that's obviously functioning as it should.

That basically leaves as its question... what did that pin do? And the answer is... something. Probably. If you're pulling battery normally now, it was probably a ground. Which means your phone may become a brick at some unexpected point in the future when there's a tiny power fluctuation that would normally have gone through there, but enjoy it while it lasts.

Additionally, battery-level fluctutations on restarting are fairly normal and apparently generally a sign that the battery itself is fading. Amusingly you can trick the phone into believing that there's a higher battery level by plugging into AC, restarting again, and then unplugging after it finishes the restart. Alternatively, setting the phone into Airplane mode for 30 minutes will usually jump battery level by 10-40%, depending on what its level was before and after the restart. But your best bet is to just plan on replacing the battery if you haven't destroyed the phone by poking at the pins which weren't made to be poked at. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
I would look at a local repair shop. Most of them can fix those basic things without much problem.

I would just google phone repair and your city see what pops up. Read the reviews on the places and then see what they can do.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] getochkn:
solder iron and a paper clip will make a new one. lol.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Gh0stCode:
Ol thanks people I think my phone will be okay. I'm going to purchase a new battery because I do believe this one is dying
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] QUIETLYloud:
Very well stated... and informative... and didn't get a "thanks" but sure got a "I thought so"... so I gave you one
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] gizmoscoop:
I saw the micro USB replacement sells for about $7 at a website when I search for "Samsung galaxy 4g s silver bezel replacement" in Google.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabilbek:
So am running stock 4.1.2 rooted and suddenly phone restarts and gets stuck at Samsung bootscreen

Factory reset and cache wipe from recovery didnt help

Tried to odin flash a firmware (4.1.2) odin says failed and never starts the flashing

Then I tried a 4.1.1 flashed perfectly. Though at first boot, it gets stuck at the working android logo and keeps restarting

what could be the problem ?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] note2grey:
Its boot loop?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klashnikoff:
Is the handset rooted?

If so you need to download samsung note 2 toolkit. this is here >> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1923956

ensure you have the correct adb drivers but the toolkit can also do this aswell. you then need to put the system into recovery mode. (I assume you know how to boot up recovery.) You need to install a customer recovery specifically TWRP so boot up the toolkit. select your device and make sure you choose the current version of android you have on it not the version you wish to install. You then need to flass an insecure boot image for correct adb access so choose option 3, follow the instructions select TWRP as your recovery and complete as directed.

Once this has finished you then need to download your rom, if its stock it can be located here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2032849 for n7105 (lte version) and here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1896696 for original.

Download the zip and place into the "push_files_here" of the toolkit folders.

Boot into your new twrp recovery

Reload the toolkit, choose your device, choose the option to push the file to your device, select the device, for destination type"/sdcard/" and follow onscreen options until file is finished.

Your file should now be on your phone in the home folder.

Go to "wipe", select "factory reset" now to "install" select your new spangly rom, wipe dalvik cache once completed and wala you should have one shiny new rooted odexed note 2 that sould load fine. Any issues get back to me and i will be happy to help.

I deliberately bricked my device about 8 times to find the best way to recover.

Kris :)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UtkarshGupta:
Try a pit file.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabilbek:
a guy said something about a hardware/board defective ? I dont believe it ... could it be true ?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabilbek:
hi kris, been on a vacation now am back :)

thanks for your reply, but when I am flashing the insecure image "boot-insecure-dlk7-N7100.tar"

it gives there is no pit partition :(
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabilbek:
could u be more precise ? cuz i tried at first flashing with a pit and bootloader, csc, modem, code
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] klashnikoff:
Did you try the method i mentioned using the note 2 toolkit. You need to have a customer recovery and bootloader to install certain thinkgs. Try the noet 2 toolkit and follow the instructions i sent you. This should fix it.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UtkarshGupta:
Put stock rom in pda and pit in partition and check repartition.

Then hit start

this is XXXDDDAAA
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabilbek:
nothing solved it ... sent it to samsung they fixed it. they said they changed the internal memory and an ic ...
[General Questions and Answers] reece-lggt540:
Hi i changed my device ID on my lg gt540 then i rebooted it but since then it vibrates when it comes on but the bottom 5 lights go on, the screen just stays a blueish dark colour. please help me
[HTC Droid DNA] TheKaz:
Ever since the OTA update, my wife's phone has been unable to use Google Talk except when on wi-fi. I checked that the mobile data was turned on, and it was. Any other ideas to check?

From reading issues others have had, it seems like it might be worth trying a new SIM card? If so, is Verizon good about doing that, or are they going to give me a hard time about why I need a new SIM card?

Thanks in advance for the advice!

Kaz
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bradm23:
I noticed that on full volume my earpiece will crackle during a phone call. It's not a big issue since I turn it down one notch and the cracking will go away. It seems as if the volume level for the earpiece I'd higher than what the actual speaker can handle.

Has anyone else notice this?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sfkn2:
Yep. Distortions when you turn the volume up on any device seems normal to me, though.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bradm23:
Sorry but over powering a speaker and having it crackle is normal, but unsure what u mean on other devices. Typically the software will not allow the hardware be used in levels that isn't optimal
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sfkn2:
You've never had a phone that when you turn your volume all the way up, it starts to get distorted?

Phones I've owned that has it: Xperia X1, GNEX, Mytouch 4G, Galaxy S3, and now the Nexus 4.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bradm23:
Wow, guess I never noticed it. I had the gnex also, lol. Maybe because this speaker is clearer quality you can pick up on distortion easier
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mark2dp:
Mine for volumes higher than 60/70% starts to buzz or distort calls, I've asked for an RMA
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Anthrax:
I have read that the battery calibration doesn't work and also I have tried it with no effect.....

So what's your opinion on that??????

Request to mods if not suitable topic to be discussed plz close the thread..... Thanks
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] matood:
My understanding is, that battery calibrators delete battery stats files. This will happen anyway when you charge your phone. So there is no need to calibrate the battery, it does automatocally once you fully charge your phone.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Vaith:
Odp: [DISCUSSION]Battery calibration

Sony said" You can charge your phone when you want. You don't must wait until you see 15% and less" There's no.need to do battery calibration. Not with our battery because it's a new type. In older battery you must do it but not now.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mrmtsuruya26:
battery calibration works for me somehow :)

in my opinion it gives accurate battery stats or percentage.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] alwaysadeel:
for me a restart corrects battery percentage.. maybe a bug or something..
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] eiyen11:
After battey calibration.my battery % stucked at 0%!!!

in my case.i try to use this app.after i rooted.because my phone's battery % is not increasing no matter what way i chrge.btw.the apps says the it would delete battery stats.bin.right?but when i used it.(no rebooting or chrging.i try to go data/system by root explorer.)there was a battery stats.bin again.i think this is the reason why my sola is stucked at 0%.

what's the effectvly way just to delete that?or it is advisble to wipe through cwm??

i thnk this is need just.ur battery's life is accurate on what % of your battery is shown at ur phone.

correct me if im wrong tnx.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Vaith:
Odp: [DISCUSSION]Battery calibration

You should learn something about Android before posting stupid posts... You can delete your battery stats and this won't be better battery life... NEVER.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] zvorkapic.os:
If you have battery problems, charge to 100%, drain it untill it shuts the phone down and then charge it to 100% turned off if possible. I do this whenever I change ROM.

it's not healthy to do this often! Once a month is okay.

clearing battery stats won't do much help
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kartikeyapatel:
I have been having issues with my battery for a long time...at first I thought a virus might be draining all the battery...but when I scanned my files with a AV nothing was found...A few days later I noticed that my screen would blink with the LED and illumination bar every time a notification would display due to an app...so I simply uninstalled the app and voila back to normal.:cowboy:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Vaith:
Odp: [DISCUSSION]Battery calibration

And? This thread is about battery calibration(not needed and this thread should be close because there is too much stupid posts) not about your experience.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] eiyen11:
i thought noob users is welcome here.why are u saying that kind of thing??respect the opinion of other members.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Mikulic1802:
Lol that happens because your battery is not calibratet...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] alwaysadeel:
Yeah maybe, but I found no serious need to calibrate

Sent from my Xperia Sola (XDA for Android)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] LENNUJ:
If i calibrate my battery can i reboot my phone? Or after reboot i will calibrate it again?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ZN6:
Ignore his post. He used harsh word on almost all his post.

via Tapatalk.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] alwaysadeel:
no need to calibrate again
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] LENNUJ:
Thanks :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] eiyen11:
battery % stucked at 0%

what way can i do to fix this kind of bug?i already done battery wiping through cwm.but still its 0%.pls help.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] yiyo910:
Thx

+1 Thx
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Hyperionas:
As far as i know,the only thing that a battery calibrator will do to your device,is to delete a particular file within the system,so when the file is re-generated,it will reflect a true condition of the battery/power remaining.

It will NOT magically raise your battery capacity to last for days....

And,mostly,only after flashing a new rom or kernel ,is neccesary to calibrate the battery readings..

You can do it also,from within the CWM recovery tool.

If you don't face battery reading problems,there's no need to calibrate your battery.

I've tried it in the past,and made no difference to me.

Only once,after testing/flashing roms and kernels,i used the calibrator to correct my battery readings (They were wrong). But that's all of it!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Anthrax:
the battery stats are erased.........
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Min3r:
This was a much argued about theory till recently. Dont remember who, but one of Google's Dev Member cleared the conception. Battery calibration just contains the data of which apps used how much battery,etc and helps in calculating the battery usage. Sometimes, when you switch roms, the battery stats might not be in tune with the actual depletion hence the issues.

However, Android always wipes the file each time the phone is charged to 100% so the recharge, discharge then recharge again theory is not valid :p It might have been true in the case of some older phones (Ive heard the same for alot of old phones ) but this is not the case with Android phones ;)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Anthrax:
thanks for clearing........ :cheers:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] waqar bukhari:
It is not a noob Friendly Forum. And Most of users here are noobs.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mishax1:
Just my battery stats 98% of the time... FUUU screen!!!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] pirej:
Sorry mishax1 , i have a different "problem" on my xperia u :)

Ok i admit... i almost didn't use my phone in those hours :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] waskull:
up

+1 in the discucion
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nate14:
I wasn't sure if I should have posted this in the Q&A or not but decided to throw it into the General section since it is not directly related to the Thunderbolt. Just wanted to hear from my fellow Thunderbolt owners.

So onto the question...

Has anyone upgraded their device through Amazon Wireless and what was their experience? Is there any benefit to do it through Amazon (except for the price of the device) vs Verizon?

I've always gone through the Verizon store but Amazon is offering a better price on the phone.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheBeardedMann:
You will have two disconnect fees if you might cancel later on. One with Amazon and one with Verizon. Other than that, I would always upgrade someone other than Verizon.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LeftyGR:
+1. I did best buy. Their warranty program is a lot better than what you can get through vzw...
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nate14:
I seriously considered Best Buy. Amazon's price was just too good though.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slowpok22:
I upgraded through Letstalk.com, stumbled across a coupon code and got my thunderbolt $150, it was May and I believe they came out in March, Verizon was still selling them for $250 at the time.

was a good experience and they overnighted if for free.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zomgalama:
There's a deal for getting the Droid DNA at 100$ via upgrade on Amazon right now (50 for new contract)
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nate14:
I went through Amazon to get a Note 2. Their price was really good.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arizonaomnia:
I'm assuming that getting an upgrade price through amazon still makes you lose unlimited data....

Sent from my Sense 4 ICS NuBolt, powered by Santod
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Milimbar:
Yup.... any discounted upgrade price gets rid of unlimited.

2 options to keep it, first is 100% successful second not so much.

1) Buy at full price and stay off contract.

2) Add a new line and get a new phone with it, activate a dumb phone on the line instead and drop the data package, costs 10$ a month for the new line. This one might not work for long.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FJ40dan:
option 2

So if I understand 1. buy the new phone. 2. When it arrives from Amazon don't use that phone to activate but some other dumb phone and drop data after turning on? 3. Take old sim out of Thunderbolt and use that in new phone from Amazon.

So the requirement to get a smartphone plan from Amazon is not required to meet the terms of the new phone agreement to not get dinged by the cancel fees?
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tnt4ever:
hi i upgraded my xps lt26 i on ics to build (ICS)6.1.a.2.55 ota and it was so far going smooth with no mess around till yesterday night

my battery was drained after a whol day use and i came back home left phone plugged for charge(switched off) turned on later on, the phone then stayed for half an hour and then the problem started

phone started rebooting and random boots

the phone since then is behaving like that

i left it like that at 11 o clock the battery was drained(morning)

i was upset.

i figured out the phone is switching off it self, searched out to find the issue but no luck, well

then i noticed that the phone is saying sim error( only once i seen this) i removed the sim card( which actually is not cutted the way it should be, means it was a full sime card( regular orange sim card) i tried to make it micro sim card and cutted in a bad shape but it was working fine

now i have removed the sim card from phone, inserted another sim card in the phone, and the phone is no longer rebooting( i will update this)

i felt:

it might be the sim card reading error on sim tray cause mine was slightly cutted in bad shape plus the reading pannels were also bit trimmed :cowboy:

secondly i have seen there is a bug in ics causing random reboots

if people around faced this issue, they have possibly solutions to hard reset, clean memory by hard reset( power plus volume up), refreshing the firmware via sony pc suite, or finally sending it to repair centre but MINE IS not in warrnty

if any one else had this issue in past or facing this problem can add ,

please share your experience and any possible solution.
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] auni:
Do a factory reset and then update again with PCC, problem is you would loose root then. But there's no else solution available for the random reboots.

Happened with me too, So I decided to stick at Firmware 0.50 since 0.55 offers nothing new or special
[Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion] tnt4ever:
reboots

Well

I haven't been rebooted since afternoon

I am sure it's SIM card issue I m facing but personally speaking I started hating Sony

Its waste of money

Look at each flagship leader Sony comes up

Then tons of issues

I will update if anything happened again

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ashishgamer:
Can anyone tell me the bugs of cm 10 alpha 4? My friend wants jb on his sl and is a complete noob so he won't be able to cope with the bugs. He wants me to install jb on his phone. Should I proceed? He is using stock gb.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] devasenan200:
if u need stable rom,just be on GB itself...cm10 has usb bug,wifi tethering,battery drain,720p recording bugs etc...development is on progress,just wait few days for a stable cm10...
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ashishgamer:
And what abt cm 9 or any other ics/jb rom?

sent from a payphone
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] devasenan200:
ics is also not stable now..it also has got bugs...but if u can manage with bugs,u flash ics/jb...or else, be in gb itself
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ashishgamer:
Which one do u recommend if we dnt want gb?

sent from a payphone
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] RonnYap:
JUst advise..If ur frien very very very noob about ics or jellybean..Just stay at gb untill its stabil..otherwise ur firen will keep askin you why this why tat...
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 General] m4nu4l:
Greetings everyne and welcome to our new home, LG Optimus L series device forums, which includes:

LG Optimus L3

LG Optimus L5

LG Optimus L7

Currently, we have all these three devices merged into one section, we will see how it will success, if there will be any trouble, all these three devices might get separated into different sections.

Right now i suggest you to create threads in their appropriate forums, which are:

Optimus L3, L5, L7 General

Discussion about the Optimus L3, L5, L7 (general, tips & tricks, etc)

Optimus L3, L5, L7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

For all your questions about the Optimus L3, L5, L7

Optimus L3, L5, L7 Accessories

Accessories for the Optimus L3, L5, L7 (cases, screen protectors, batteries, etc)

Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development

Android development for the Optimus L3, L5, L7

Optimus L3, L5, L7 Android Development

Android development for the Optimus L3, L5, L7

Optimus L3, L5, L7 Original Android Development

Original Android development for the Optimus L3, L5, L7

Optimus L3, L5, L7 Themes and Apps

Themes and applications for the Optimus L3, L5, L7

Also i suggest, when you are creating a thread, please provide a device model in it, so people will have more sense which device you are talking about, since we have three devices into one single section. For example:

[Q][L7] Having proublems with network

[Q] - stands as a question

[L7] - stands as a device number.

For this first time, this is all. Hope we will have a great community together, happy posting and developing!
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 General] nekkidtruth:
Exciting! Can't wait to see what can be attained with the L5!!
[Optimus L3, L5, L7 General] chinthyrev:
This is awesome. Thank you.